Nine top winners and 27 finalists from 15 countries won awards in the 2012 LensCulture Exposure Awards for the best in global photography and multimedia. See examples of each, here, along with direct links to each winner's website.

Candace Plummer Gaudiani traveled the United States photographing the secretive world of professional and amateur body builders. She earned their trust, and captured the vulnerable nature of these people who seek physical perfection.

Forty-eight vertical landscapes shot through the windows of railroad trains moving across the United States create a cool nostalgic look at the notion of a country as experienced by Candace Plummer Gaudiani.